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What are you Doing?
Enjoy the day. The sun is out melting the snow. Husband is up in the air, One child is in California, Another in China, and I am keeping a…
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Some get Breakfast in Bed & Some get Socks
This morning as soon as my barefeet hit the tile floor I knew that this was not an ordinary mid winter day in Provence. Outside ten inches of snow…
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Place des Lices, Rennes
The market in Rennes is every Saturday morning until midday. Located in the town center at the Place des Lices. The market has fruits, vegtables, dairy, eggs, an…
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Born French
For lunch my Belle-Mere served herring marinated in thyme, and potatoes in a mustard sauce on the side. Yes, food again. What else does one do when visiting family…
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French Cooking and my Belle Mere
This Little Piglet went to her Belle Mere's (Mother in Law's) house. Her Oink-Husband cautioned, "We gotta control ourselves." This Little Piglet saw that her Oink-Husband did not heed…
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Dancing in the Farm House Kitchen
In the middle of a field stands an old farm house with an attached barn. Nobody lives there, It use to belong to his grand parents, who had…
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Dinner with Friends
My friend Francoise lives in an old stone house in a small French village, with her husband, two children, and a cat. Francoise has a studio where she teaches pottery…
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In Search of Kouign Anman
A year ago I started to write the story of how I met my French Husband. After a week or so I was derailed by babysitting, brocante and baking up…
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A Room with a View
A room with a view, or I should say rooms with a view. My Belle Mere's home faces an extraordinary buliding, Palace du Commerce, which astoundingly was not bombed during…
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After a Long Hard Day of Shopping
This is what I have to put up with after the soldes (sales). Desserts. Lots of them. So sad, so hard. Such choices one has to face. Life is…
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